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Third World is a term used along with First World and (to a much lesser extent)
Second World to divide the nations of Earth into three broad socio-political and economic categories. The term was coined in 1952 by French
demography Alfred Sauvy to refer to what are now called developing or underdeveloped countries, especially in Latin America, Africa,
Oceania, and Asia, which were not aligned with either the
Soviet nor United States blocs during the Cold War. Today, however, the term is synonymous with all countries in the
developing world, independent of their political status.
Third World countries are also known as the
Global South, developing countries, and underdeveloped countries in academic circles. Development workers also call them the "two-thirds world" and "The South." Some disapprove of the term "developing countries" as it implies that
industrialization is the only way forward, and they believe it is not necessarily the most beneficial model.
The term "Third World" was coined by economist/demographer Alfred Sauvy in an article in the French magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. It was a deliberate reference to the
Tiers Etat (
Estates_of_the_realm#Third_Estate) commoners of France before and during the French Revolution - as opposed to the priests and nobles which comprised the first and second estates respectively. Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the Third World has nothing, and it "wants to be something." The term therefore implies that the Third World is exploited, much as the third estate French commoners were exploited, and that, like the third estate its destiny is a revolutionary one. It conveyed as well a second idea, that of non-alignment, for the Third World belongs neither to the industrialised capitalist world nor to the industrialised communist bloc.
The economically underdeveloped countries of Africa,
Oceania,
Asia, and
Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries were often nations that were colonised by a European nation historically.
After World War II, the Western and Eastern blocs struggled to expand their respective spheres of influence to the Third World. The military and intelligence services of the United States and the Soviet Union both worked secretly and overtly to influence Third World governments, with mixed success.
The term gained widespread popularity during the Cold War when many poorer nations adopted the category to describe themselves as neither being aligned with NATO or the USSR, but instead composing a non-aligned "Third World" (in this context, the term "First World" was generally understood to mean the United States and its allies in the Cold War; which would have made the Eastern bloc the "Second World" by default - however, the latter term was seldom actually used).
Leading members of this original Third World movement were
Yugoslavia,
India, and
Egypt. Many Third World countries believed they could successfully court both the communist and capitalist nations of the world, and develop key economic partnerships without necessarily falling under their direct influence. In practice, this plan did not work out quite so well; many Third World nonaligned nations were exploited or undermined by the two superpowers who feared these supposedly neutral nations were in danger of falling into alignment with the enemy.
The Third World having economies distorted by their dependence on the export of primary products to the developed countries in return for finished products. After liberation from colonial rule in the 1950s - 70s, many Third World nations faced high rates of illiteracy, disease, population growth and unstable governments. This was particularly true of Africa, where nation-states were artificially carved by European colonial powers who did not divide up based on social-cultural sensitivities.
For the most part the term has not included
China. Politically, the Third World emerged at the
Bandung Conference (1955), which resulted in the establishment of the
Nonaligned Movement. Numerically, the Third World dominates the United Nations, but the group is diverse culturally and increasingly economically, and its unity is only hypothetical. The oil-rich nations, such as Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, and Libya, and the newly emerged industrial states, such as
Taiwan,
South Korea, and Singapore, have little in common with desperately poor nations, such as
Haiti,
Chad and
Afghanistan.
Criticism of the term
era.Despite criticism that the term has no objective definition and that it is out-of-date, colonialist, othering, or inaccurate, its use remains common. The term is also disliked as it may be perceived to imply that the referent countries are not a part of the global economic system. Political theorist
Hannah Arendt contends that, "The Third World is not a reality but an ideology."
In general, Third World countries are not as
industrialized or technologically advanced as
OECD countries, and consequently developing nation is the current term in use in academia. Terms such as Global South,
developing countries,
less economically developed countries (LEDC),
least developed countries, and the Majority World have become more popular in circles where the term
third world is regarded to have derogatory or out-of-date connotations. Other synonymous terms include the
two-thirds world (because two-thirds of the world is underdeveloped) and
The South. Some theorists, such as Andre Gunder Frank and Walter Rodney have used the term
underdevelopment or underdeveloped world, to indicate the active process by which the global South has been locked out of development by
imperialism and the post-colonial policies of the richer nations.
See also
- List of countries and territories by fertility rate
- Developing country
- Human Development Index
References
- A. R. Kasdan, The Third World: A New Focus for Development (1973)
- E. Hermassi, The Third World Reassessed (1980)
- H. A. Reitsma and J. M. Kleinpenning, The Third World in Perspective (1985)
- J. Cole, Development and Underdevelopment (1987).
{{Articleissues| OR = July 2007| Citations missing = June 2007| expand = July 2007-->
Third World is a term used along with First World and (to a much lesser extent)
Second World to divide the nations of Earth into three broad socio-political and economic categories. The term was coined in 1952 by French
demography Alfred Sauvy to refer to what are now called developing or underdeveloped countries, especially in
Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and
Asia, which were not aligned with either the
Soviet nor
United States blocs during the
Cold War. Today, however, the term is synonymous with all countries in the
developing world, independent of their political status.
Third World countries are also known as the
Global South, developing countries, and underdeveloped countries in academic circles. Development workers also call them the "two-thirds world" and "The South." Some disapprove of the term "developing countries" as it implies that industrialization is the only way forward, and they believe it is not necessarily the most beneficial model.
The term "Third World" was coined by economist/demographer Alfred Sauvy in an article in the French magazine
L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. It was a deliberate reference to the
Tiers Etat (
Estates_of_the_realm#Third_Estate) commoners of
France before and during the
French Revolution - as opposed to the
priests and
nobles which comprised the first and second estates respectively. Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the Third World has nothing, and it "wants to be something." The term therefore implies that the Third World is exploited, much as the third estate French commoners were exploited, and that, like the third estate its destiny is a revolutionary one. It conveyed as well a second idea, that of non-alignment, for the Third World belongs neither to the industrialised capitalist world nor to the industrialised communist bloc.
The economically underdeveloped countries of
Africa,
Oceania, Asia, and Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries were often nations that were colonised by a European nation historically.
After
World War II, the Western and Eastern blocs struggled to expand their respective spheres of influence to the Third World. The military and intelligence services of the United States and the Soviet Union both worked secretly and overtly to influence Third World governments, with mixed success.
The term gained widespread popularity during the Cold War when many poorer nations adopted the category to describe themselves as neither being aligned with NATO or the USSR, but instead composing a non-aligned "Third World" (in this context, the term "First World" was generally understood to mean the United States and its allies in the Cold War; which would have made the Eastern bloc the "Second World" by default - however, the latter term was seldom actually used).
Leading members of this original Third World movement were Yugoslavia, India, and Egypt. Many Third World countries believed they could successfully court both the communist and capitalist nations of the world, and develop key economic partnerships without necessarily falling under their direct influence. In practice, this plan did not work out quite so well; many Third World nonaligned nations were exploited or undermined by the two superpowers who feared these supposedly neutral nations were in danger of falling into alignment with the enemy.
The Third World having economies distorted by their dependence on the export of primary products to the developed countries in return for finished products. After liberation from colonial rule in the 1950s - 70s, many Third World nations faced high rates of illiteracy, disease, population growth and unstable governments. This was particularly true of Africa, where nation-states were artificially carved by European colonial powers who did not divide up based on social-cultural sensitivities.
For the most part the term has not included China. Politically, the Third World emerged at the Bandung Conference (1955), which resulted in the establishment of the Nonaligned Movement. Numerically, the Third World dominates the
United Nations, but the group is diverse culturally and increasingly economically, and its unity is only hypothetical. The oil-rich nations, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and
Libya, and the newly emerged industrial states, such as
Taiwan,
South Korea, and Singapore, have little in common with desperately poor nations, such as
Haiti,
Chad and
Afghanistan.
Criticism of the term
era.Despite criticism that the term has no objective definition and that it is out-of-date, colonialist,
othering, or inaccurate, its use remains common. The term is also disliked as it may be perceived to imply that the referent countries are not a part of the global economic system. Political theorist Hannah Arendt contends that, "The Third World is not a reality but an ideology."
In general, Third World countries are not as
industrialized or technologically advanced as
OECD countries, and consequently developing nation is the current term in use in academia. Terms such as Global South,
developing countries, less economically developed countries (LEDC),
least developed countries, and the Majority World have become more popular in circles where the term
third world is regarded to have derogatory or out-of-date connotations. Other synonymous terms include the
two-thirds world (because two-thirds of the world is underdeveloped) and
The South. Some theorists, such as Andre Gunder Frank and
Walter Rodney have used the term
underdevelopment or underdeveloped world, to indicate the active process by which the global South has been locked out of development by imperialism and the post-colonial policies of the richer nations.
See also
References
- A. R. Kasdan, The Third World: A New Focus for Development (1973)
- E. Hermassi, The Third World Reassessed (1980)
- H. A. Reitsma and J. M. Kleinpenning, The Third World in Perspective (1985)
- J. Cole, Development and Underdevelopment (1987).
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